Position in chronology
BAM 7, 002 b4
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From the same catalogue range (near P425432)
Transliteration
x [...] _DISZ en_ mu [...] _DISZ na_ sa tum3 [...] ina mar-ha-s,i x [...] _kasz3-mesz_-szu2 lu sza2 [...] _DISZ na_ ina _kasz3-mesz_-szu2 mud2#_ [u2-tab-ba-kam ...] ina _a-mesz gazi ra_ [...] _mud zabar_ ana ka# [gesz3_-szu2 _dub_-ak ...] _DISZ na_ kis sza3_-szu2 _sig3_-[su ...] isz-ta-an _lu2_ x [...] _DISZ# na#_ lu# x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 7, 002 b4. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425432) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425432..
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